If you want to avoid the tacky bar route for bachelorettes, you have plenty of local options for a classy, fun day with the girls.

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The Lehigh Valley Wine Trail boasts eight wineries sprinkled throughout the regional area. Plan for a tour, tasting and lunch at one winery or find a designated driver to drive you to a few. Key words: Designated driver.

Blue Mountain accepts limos and groups, while some other wineries may not. But they ask for one thing: a call in advance to let them know you’re coming.

“There are certain times of day that work better than others,” says Vickie Greff, co-owner, citing their live music Sundays (2 to 5 p.m.).

Blue Mountain offers facilities where groups can sit and enjoy a bottle, including an outdoor deck and private room that can be reserved at cost.

It also has cheeses and breads for sale, and about 16 bottles of wines for sale - dry, sweet and everything in between, Greff says. Visitors can taste up to five wines, and then whoever is hosting the shower can buy a few bottles for the group to enjoy.

For groups of more than 10 people, a nonrefundable charge of $5 per person is required.

Show respect while you’re there and keep in mind you’re a customer at someone’s place of business.

Calling in advance allows the winery to make sure they’re appropriately staffed and have the group coming in at a time when the tasting room isn’t stuffed to the gills.

“If you’re coming in a limo with eight people, just have courtesy and call in advance so we can give you the great experience you can have,” says Elaine Pivinski, owner of Franklin Hill Vineyards in Lower Mount Bethel Township.

Pivinski requests a two week courtesy call, which allows her time to get snacks — bagels, coffee and danish or appetizers for groups of eight or more (at $5 a head).

Pivinski says the all-female staff welcomes bachelorette parties by appointment, and sees the groups as her “future customers.”

“When they come in, I make it extra special,” Pivinski says, of the estimated 50 bachelorette parties she sees in a year.

She usually schedules an early tour of the winery, followed by a tasting of up to six wines, both of which smaller parties can take advantage of, too. Franklin Hill doesn’t allow consumption of open bottles on premises but sells glasses of wine for $5.

In nicer weather, parties can bring picnic lunches to enjoy on the winery’s outdoor deck or call Pivinski in advance for a package where the winery provides a lunch.

She steers groups away from hitting the tasting room after 2 p.m., because it can get filled. The normal operating hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Each winery has its own set of policies and rules, so call to check in with each of the wineries you plan to visit.